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1. Feature

   Powerfall

   For David Lee Edwards, winning the lottery was a wild rocket ride

   By Amy Guthrie

   Published: August 16, 2007

   In the fall of 2006, David Lee Edwards and his wife, Shawna, decorated their front door for Halloween. But if trick-or-treaters made it to the couple's home, a storage unit in...

2. News

   Fin be Gone

   Local entrepreneurs say they've perfected a sunblock with a twist: It repels sharks

   By Jamie Laughlin

   Published: August 16, 2007

   Patrick Rice just high-fived the lunch lady, an unexpected bit of camaraderie that elicits a blush and a two-handed hairnet adjustment from the woman before she returns to...

3. Letters

   Letters for August 16-22, 2007

   It's a Freakin' Show

   Published: August 16, 2007

   It's a Freakin' Show I like it like that: Michael Mills' "Texting Nature" regarding the exhibit "Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford" (August 9) is a well-written...

4. Tailpipe

   Goldstein Still Screws

   Well, New Times, anyway

   As told to Bob Norman

   Published: August 16, 2007

   If you happened upon a bunch of greasy men in gold chains and busty, barely clad women last weekend, those were probably the movers and shakers of the Internet porn world. They...

5. Night Rider

   Three-Minute Miracles

   Dada embraces rock 'n' roll fantasy

   By Marya Summers

   Published: August 16, 2007

   On a recent Monday night, the wannabes, the could-have-beens, and the almost-weres joined cover band Diesel at Dada for the kickoff of live band karaoke. There was Jen, the...

6. Music

   Married to the Sound

   An acoustic duo reinvented with a new name, new album, and a bigger band

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: August 16, 2007

   The hard part of being a musician in love is choosing between making music and making love. One wins at the expense of the other. If you're lucky, like Jeff and Christine...

7. Short Cuts

   Linkin Park

   Minutes to Midnight (Warner Bros.)

   By Bryan Falla

   Published: August 16, 2007

   The Apocalypse is upon us. Or so nü-metal superstars Linkin Park would have us believe. They mean it too. They even cleaned up their soccer-practice-carpool friendly act...

8. Subtropical

   DJ GQ

   Let Em Know Vol. 19 (Q Music Group)

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: August 16, 2007

   As far as South Florida is concerned, nobody else is cranking out mixtapes with the quantity and quality of Fort Lauderdale's DJ GQ. The longtime resident mixmaster of Broward...

9. Live Wire

   Dance Gavin Dance

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: August 16, 2007

   Don't let the name fool you. If you show up to a Dance Gavin Dance show expecting to boogie like it's the disco era all over again, you'll be disappointed. The six members of...

10. Pub Stalker

    Finish Line Sports Bar

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: August 16, 2007

    Finish Line Sports Bar 5300 N. Powerline Rd. Fort Lauderdale 954-491-6265 It's never smart to drink and drive. Especially when the car is tiny and fast enough to require that...

11. Dred Scott!

    Gary Enforcement Takes Dancehall Digital

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: August 16, 2007

    It's a muggy Wednesday night in Plantation, and reggae is blaring through my car speakers. It's a tad scratchy, as local station 101.1-FM isn't an above-ground frequency, but...

12. Dish

    Don't Thai Me Down, Babe

    Who put the bang back in Bangkok?

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: August 16, 2007

    You think it's all fun and games being a food critic, dontcha? "Oooooh, you're so luuucky," perfect strangers purr when they hear what I do. "I wish I had your job." I have...

13. Film

    Wondrous Nerd Love

    Geeky teens try to get knocked up in the instantly immortal Superbad

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: August 16, 2007

    The latest comic meteorite to hurtle forth from the galaxy of producer Judd Apatow, Superbad is about a couple of chronically unpopular best friends who, after four years stuck...

14. Film Feature

    The Popcorn King

    Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

    Published: August 16, 2007

    Itºs a bright March afternoon on the set of Rush Hour 3, and the mood is tense. After shooting last winter on location in Paris, the production has returned to Los Angeles...

15. Night & Day

    “Otra Vino, Por favor”

    Spanish lessons never tasted so good

    By John Linn

    Published: August 16, 2007

    If you’ve ever spent time in Spain you know that drinking wine – whether it’s quaffing bottles of cava at Madrilleño nightclubs, ducking inside a dusty Salamanca tapas bar for...

16. Night & Day

    Don’t Call Checkmate Just Yet

    There’s a scythe here with your name on it!

    By Phillip Valys

    Published: August 16, 2007

    Existential gripes are the hallmark whimsies that the late director Ingmar Bergman adored and honed to perfection. The prolific Swedish virtuoso crafted countless cinematic...

17. Night & Day

    Going Green

    By Riki Altman

    Published: August 16, 2007

    While the tourists on Hollywood’s Broadwalk spend their Sundays hunting for tacky T-shirts, locals in the know are busy shooting fresh wheat grass shots and squeezing gold...

18. Night & Day

    A Quick Lesson in Firearms

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 16, 2007

    For the gun show neophyte, the sales floor can be a scary place, especially since so many venders appear deranged and have enough weapons with them to supply a small country at...

19. Night & Day

    Cool Your Fins

    Hot baseball goes great with ice cream

    By Mia Saavedra

    Published: August 16, 2007

    After a summer afternoon of baseball, who can say no to ice cream? Today the Florida Marlins host the Second Annual Ice Cream Festival. Edy’s Ice Cream will provide the good...

20. Night & Day

    Insert Gay-Themed "Balls" Joke Here:

    By Daniel Renzi

    Published: August 16, 2007

    The 18th Annual Poverello Bowl-A-Thon rolls into Manor Lanes today (1517 26th St, Wilton Manors) to raise money for The Poverello Center, a food and clothing bank for people...